Reply #26: generally speaking, emts should do what they can to save lives

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i suppose every state is different but generally it's not up to them to pronounce patients dead or to decide that it's ok not to provide a service that, at least by the book, could save a patient's life.

it gets more complicated if the family shows them a do-not-resucitate order, but typically, they should do the procedures that they're trained to perform such as cpr, etc.


it's also rarely obvious how long the patient has been without oxygen. people get time frames wrong all the time.